Visitors, attorneys and members of the public now have access to free wireless service to the Internet throughout the Erie County Courthouse and at Old County Hall.

The system is an open network, with no registration or fees required for use. If it turns out to be successful and receives a good response, plans call for expanding the Wi-Fi system to other courthouses in the district.

The courthouse and county hall join 10 other Wi-Fi hot spots launched since 2003 throughout the City of Buffalo. The others are provided through buffalowifi.org, a public/private collaborations between the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, InfoTech Niagara, Cisco Systems, Computer SOS, Verizon, Thinwires LLC and others. Full Story...